Bronze Medallion training is the first lifesaving course for swimmers staring their aquatic leadership journey.
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Spring and summer registration is open
Current candidate success rate
Current candidate success rate
98%
98%
The value listed reflects our current pass rate, which is subject to change after every course. Candidates must meet performance requirements to be successful.
What you'll learn
What you'll learn
You're in for an awesome course experience, with fun activities and engaging content.
✓ Water safety and drowning prevention
✓ Water rescue from land, pool, and open water
✓ Stride entries, head up strokes, lifesaving kicks, sculling, and using rescue aids
✓ Recognizing distressed swimmers and drowning victims
✓ Aquatic facility risk recognition
✓ How to tow, carry, and remove a victim from the water
✓ Searching for missing victims in shallow water
✓ Rescuing victims submerged in deep water
✓ CPR for infant, child, and adult drowning victims
Shore offers small group Bronze courses, and canadiates are not required to participate in a final exam. Candidates will have access to Shore course documents in addition to Lifesaving Society resources. A Lifesaving Society certification card will be issued in the mail within 90 days after successful course completion. In the meantime, candidates will receive a proof of completion letter and temporary certification card on the last day of the course.
Delivery format: online and Yonge and Steeles
Class ratio: 3 candidates : 1 instructor and examiner
Prerequisites: 13 years of age by the last day of the course, completion of Sunfish 11 and 12 (or equivalent)
Required manual: Canadian Lifesaving Manual
Completion of the Shore Sunfish program is strongly recommended to ensure success in the swimming and lifesaving fitness components of Bronze Medallion.
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